Designing Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning

Barab, Sasha A. (EDT); Kling, Rob (EDT); Gray, James H. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0521520819 / ISBN 13: 9780521520812

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Designing Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521520819
• ISBN 13: 9780521520812
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume explores the theoretical, design, learning, and methodological questions relevant to designing for and researching web-based communities to support the learning process. Coming from diverse academic backgrounds, the authors examine what we do and do not know about the processes and practices of designing communities to support educational processes. Taken as a collection, the chapters point to the challenges and complex tensions that emerge when designing for a web-supported community, especially when the focal practice of the community is learning.

Book Description

The chapters in this volume explore the theoretical, design, learning, and methodological questions with respect to designing for and researching web-based communities to support learning. The authors, coming from diverse academic backgrounds (computer science, information science, instructional systems technology, educational psychology, sociology, and anthropology), are frank in examining what we do and do not know about the processes and practices of designing communities to support learning. Taken as a collection, these manuscripts point to the challenges and complex tensions that emerge when designing for web-supported community, especially when the focal practice of the community is learning.